Women's Health Activist articles from May 2006

Women's Health Activist archives from May 2006

Beyond embryo politics: protecting women's health and dignity in stem cell research.
May 1, 2006... "Which comes first--the egg or the cure?" asks an advertisement enticing young women to provide their eggs for stem cell research. The ad lists several diseases and asserts that "It could happen to you or your loved one", and encourages the...

Is medical abortion safe? The FDA performs under pressure.
May 1, 2006... Six years after American women finally won the right to choose a medical abortion, the procedure has once again become controversial. In the last few years, six women have died shortly after a medical abortion due to severe infections of the...

What can the Women's Health Initiative tell us about how to age healthfully? (Part 1).
May 1, 2006... This multi-part series explores the background behind the establishment of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) and the major findings for women's health on the benefits of various interventions. Part i addresses the WHI's background, and...

Reclaiming choice, broadening the movement.
May 1, 2006... Abortion, teenage pregnancy, and comprehensive sexuality education are the primary topics that guide the national dialogue about reproductive rights in America. Yet, the intersection of reproductive rights and other critical factors that...

Tribute gifts to NWHN: a thoughtful way to commemorate someone special.(National Women's Health Network )(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... IN HONOR OF Pat Barry Susanna DeFalla Rene Beck Michele Manber Victoria Chertok Barbara Chertok Adriane Fugh-Berman Ronney Rosenberg Adriane Fugh-Berman Dr. Adam Myers Ellen Harding Carol...

The power of language, and other revelations of a college fresh(wo)man.(young FEMINISTS)
May 1, 2006... As I timidly approached my first-year dorm, besieged by the merciless heat of the Los Angelean sun and accompanied by an entourage of family members carrying with them the array of items I somehow couldn't bear to part with back home in...

Body image plays an important role in the sexual response of midlife women.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Body image plays an important role in the sexual response of midlife women. A survey administered by the TREMIN Research Program on Women's Health found a decrease in sexual desire or activity was associated with lower feelings of...

Consistent condom use is low among low-income women who use hormonal contraception.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Consistent condom use is low among low-income women who use hormonal contraception. A study of 600 sexually active women who received oral contraceptives or Depo-Provera at Texas family-planning clinics found that, of women who had used condoms...

Cesarean delivery does not have a protective effect on sexual function after childbirth.(WOMEN'S HEALTH SNAPSHOTS)(Brief article)
May 1, 2006... Cesarean delivery does not have a protective effect on sexual function after childbirth. A study of London women who had had either vaginal deliveries or C-sections found no long-term sexual benefit to C-sections. The researchers looked at 3...

Big pharma wants to know all about you!(Prescription for Change)
May 1, 2006... If you're handed a laptop at your doctor's office to type in your medical information, don't use it--unless you don't mind your personal medical information being sent straight to a pharmaceutical company. Phreesia, a New York company,...

G-spot sore spot.
May 1, 2006... G-Spot Virginia's Senate Education and Health Committee recently rejected a bill that would have created a 'family life' curriculum that presented abstinence as the 'accepted norm' and that focused primarily on heterosexual relationships....